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Operating Systems => macOS => Topic started by: hm_murdock on 30 September 2002, 07:20

Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: hm_murdock on 30 September 2002, 07:20: I managed to get my grubby mits on a Virtual PC disk image of Rhapsody DR2/Intel.

If anyone's interested, let me know and I might be able to burn it to a CD. Fun to look at. You can definitely see the NeXTStep influence much more than in OS X, which comes over as being VERY Mac like.

Rhapsody strikes me as a cheesy bastardization between NeXTStep, Mac OS 8.5, and OS X.

I'll begin looking at how to put the image on CD. It's 750MB, so it'll have to be compressed somehow... wish me luck!
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: smokey on 30 September 2002, 18:24: ooh... i want this :( ... i need rhapsody... oh well
unfortunately 750mb is much more than I can download :(
oh well...
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: psyjax on 1 October 2002, 00:23: I want it, and I got a T1 :D

Where do I hook up?
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: TheQuirk on 1 October 2002, 02:25: T1 as a home connection?

/me pets his DSL modem
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Master of Reality on 1 October 2002, 02:49: T1, nice.
/me puts more duct tape on his cable modem
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: psyjax on 1 October 2002, 04:18: quote:
Originally posted by TheQuirk:
T1 as a home connection?

/me pets his DSL modem

Nah, I wish :D

I'm in collage, and the single reason that keeps me paying extra for a dorm room is the choice T1 and student network. I graduate in a few months, and i don't know how I will face the world without Ultra-fast internet.

Fuck the diplomea, I want a T1!!! :D
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: ravuya on 1 October 2002, 04:24: A friend of mine got Rhapsody/PPC... can't find a machine to run it on, though.
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: hm_murdock on 6 October 2002, 02:59: allright... well, I attempted to tar and gzip it... nothin' doin'... it's still 704MB!

::mutters at it::

I'd offer to let everybody FTP it, but Arkansuck State won't allow any type of serverish kinda type of style of thing (not even Q3 or Halflife) on their halfass excuse for a network.

11Gb? I can't get over 60KB/s with a Gb card and an expensive ass CAT6 cable... where's the speed?!?

if anybody has any idea how to squish it further... please let me know!
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: CommonSense on 12 October 2002, 11:08: Jimmy, e-mail me ([email protected]) and we'll set up a transfer . . . then I'll put it somewhere for folks to download. (http://smile.gif)
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: cloudstrife on 12 October 2002, 19:14: OMG, i have been looking for rhapsody/x86 FOR EVER! Wow, i have no life.
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Kintaro on 12 October 2002, 20:08: quote:
Originally posted by Webmaster:
Jimmy, e-mail me ([email protected]) and we'll set up a transfer . . . then I'll put it somewhere for folks to download. (http://smile.gif)

Looks like the Webmaster found some much needed content, what mac hardware does this run on. I have a Mac Classic with 7.5
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Kintaro on 12 October 2002, 20:11: quote:
Originally posted by The Jimmy James:
I managed to get my grubby mits on a Virtual PC disk image of Rhapsody DR2/Intel.

If anyone's interested, let me know and I might be able to burn it to a CD. Fun to look at. You can definitely see the NeXTStep influence much more than in OS X, which comes over as being VERY Mac like.

Rhapsody strikes me as a cheesy bastardization between NeXTStep, Mac OS 8.5, and OS X.

I'll begin looking at how to put the image on CD. It's 750MB, so it'll have to be compressed somehow... wish me luck!

Compression, this is as good as it gets:
http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/ (http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/)
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: hm_murdock on 13 October 2002, 08:51: ExEleven...

I recommend a G3 500 256MB+ or up, since it's gotta run in VPC. If someone is able to get it up and runnign on a real PC, probably a 200MHz box with 128MB.

Webmaster... check your email!
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: CommonSense on 17 October 2002, 08:33: Checked, responded, all set up. It's on its way to our PO Box . . . once I get it, I'll pop it on a server.
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Calum on 21 October 2002, 14:41: i am dumb.

what architecture does this need?
where can i read more about it?
will somebody eventually burn it to a CD or will i need to find some way to download it?

thanks.
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: KernelPanic on 21 October 2002, 14:43: Use bzip2, like X11 said.
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Kintaro on 21 October 2002, 15:17: quote:
Originally posted by The Jimmy James:
ExEleven...

I recommend a G3 500 256MB+ or up, since it's gotta run in VPC. If someone is able to get it up and runnign on a real PC, probably a 200MHz box with 128MB.

Webmaster... check your email!

Where can I get a good VPC?
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Gooseberry Clock on 21 October 2002, 16:33: http://www.connectix.com/ (http://www.connectix.com/)
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Post by: Kintaro on 21 October 2002, 17:03: That looks good * RRS * but im after a Virtual Mac because I have bochs. But thanks anyway, any alternative to VMWares ridiculous pricing is good.

Where can I get a ROM, I found a Virtual Mac (modern) on www.emulators.com (http://www.emulators.com) maybe you can shed me some light on this very depressing subject?

[ October 21, 2002: Message edited by: Ex Eleven / b0b ]
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Gooseberry Clock on 21 October 2002, 17:42: You'll find Mac Plus and LC-475 ROMs here (http://www.emulatronia.com/ordenadores/mac.htm).
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: hm_murdock on 22 October 2002, 01:14: further info...

I don't know what the optimum specs for it are, but what I have is not, repeat *NOT* designed to run on any Apple hardware.

I have Rhapsody DR2 for Intel. It boots and runs on PCs, or PC emulators.

Don't even try it in Bochs. While being one of the *best* emulators, Bochs is also one of the slowest. Rhapsody wants speed.

Another note: I only have a hard drive image of Rhapsody *installed*... no iso of the install disc. This image is made for Connectix Virtual PC on Mac and Windows. If you have it, you can use this file as your HD and run Rhapsody straight off it, as the OS sitting on the drive has the correct drivers for VPC already installed.

And finally, Calum...

What is Rhapsody? To boil it all down, Rhapsody was the very early betas of Mac OS X. Rhapsody has much, much more of NeXTStep left in it. It uses the older Display PostScript layer rather than Quartz, Rhapsody apps conform to Next's package format and typically won't run on Mac OS X, It looks like NeXtStep software running with a window manager based on Mac OS 9 with a Mac menubar. All menus can be torn off, a la NeXTStep.

Screenshots are available on http://toastytech.com (http://toastytech.com) in the GUI Gallery.
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Kintaro on 22 October 2002, 12:57: quote:
Originally posted by * Red Ranger Software * / Blob:
You'll find Mac Plus and LC-475 ROMs here (http://www.emulatronia.com/ordenadores/mac.htm).

Thanks... Your the best manual search engine i've ever used. :D
But i guess your into this stuff.
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: CommonSense on 1 November 2002, 08:01: Ummm . . . (ahem) . . . still nothing in the PO Box except the usual junk mail . . .
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: hm_murdock on 1 November 2002, 12:22: It went out two weeks ago! Graahhhh.

I'll send again. Still got your address. Sit tight!
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: hm_murdock on 11 November 2002, 03:00: Webmaster, did you get the CD? It was sent around the 24th and *should* be there long by now. Let me know if you haven't
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: CommonSense on 16 November 2002, 21:13: I got a CD last week, just before, uhhh . . . leaving for another trip out west, here to California. (ducks thrown objects)

The CD wasn't labeled, but I'm assuming it's Rhapsody. Anyway, I'll be back on Tuesday, so I can check it out then and post it.

Do excuse me. (http://smile.gif)
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: Kintaro on 16 November 2002, 21:42: Cool, if only i had hardware it would run on!

So what have you been doing?
Title: RHAPSODY!
Post by: hm_murdock on 16 November 2002, 10:24: If it's a TDK disc from Arkansas, that's it!